I've included straces from both successful and unsuccessful exections, as well as the PHP error information below. Let me know if there is anything else I can provide which would be helpful. PHP Error (as provided by error_get_last()): Array ( [type] => 2 [message] => symlink(): No such file or directory [file] => /tmp/symlink-test.php [line] => 78 ) Straces on both clients for symlink creation which was unsuccessful on one client: Strace on unsuccessful client web-1: lstat("/mnt/gfs/test1385000751", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, st_size=20, ...}) = 0 lstat("/tmp/test1385000751", 0x7fff2b5eb2e0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) lstat("/mnt/gfs/test1385000751", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, st_size=20, ...}) = 0 readlink("/mnt/gfs/test1385000751", 0x7fff2b5eb3f0, 4096) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument) lstat("/tmp/test1385000751", 0x7fff2b5ef2d0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) write(1, "Failed to create local link: /tm"..., 50) = 50 Strace on successful client web-2: lstat("/mnt/gfs/test1385000751", 0x7fff3171b720) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) lstat("/mnt/gfs/test1385000751", 0x7fff31717730) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) symlink("/mnt/gfs/test-target", "/mnt/gfs/test1385000751") = 0 lstat("/mnt/gfs/test1385000751", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, st_size=20, ...}) = 0 lstat("/tmp/test1385000751", 0x7fff31717730) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) lstat("/mnt/gfs/test1385000751", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, st_size=20, ...}) = 0 readlink("/mnt/gfs/test1385000751", "/mnt/gfs/test-target"..., 4096) = 20 symlink("/mnt/gfs/test1385000751", "/tmp/test1385000751") = 0 lstat("/tmp/test1385000751", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, st_size=23, ...}) = 0 Straces on both clients for symlink creation which was successful on both clients: Strace on successful client web-1: lstat("/mnt/gfs/test1385000727", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, st_size=20, ...}) = 0 lstat("/tmp/test1385000727", 0x7fff31717730) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) lstat("/mnt/gfs/test1385000727", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, st_size=20, ...}) = 0 readlink("/mnt/gfs/test1385000727", "/mnt/gfs/test-target"..., 4096) = 20 symlink("/mnt/gfs/test1385000727", "/tmp/test1385000727") = 0 lstat("/tmp/test1385000727", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, st_size=23, ...}) = 0 Strace on successful client web-2: lstat("/mnt/gfs/test1385000727", 0x7fff2b5ef2d0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) lstat("/mnt/gfs/test1385000727", 0x7fff2b5eb2e0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) symlink("/mnt/gfs/test-target", "/mnt/gfs/test1385000727") = 0 lstat("/mnt/gfs/test1385000727", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, st_size=20, ...}) = 0 lstat("/tmp/test1385000727", 0x7fff2b5eb2e0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) lstat("/mnt/gfs/test1385000727", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, st_size=20, ...}) = 0 readlink("/mnt/gfs/test1385000727", "/mnt/gfs/test-target"..., 4096) = 20 symlink("/mnt/gfs/test1385000727", "/tmp/test1385000727") = 0 lstat("/tmp/test1385000727", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, st_size=23, ...}) = 0 On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Anand Avati <avati at gluster.org> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Peter Drake <peter.drake at acquia.com>wrote: > >> Thanks for taking the time to look at this and reply. To clarify, the >> script that was running and created the log entries is an internal tool >> which does lots of other, unrelated things, but the part that caused the >> error takes actions very similar to the gist. I tried to pull out the >> related log entries to the best of my ability. The script in the gist did >> not create those log entries, but it does reliably reproduce the same error >> / failure (failure when attempting to create a symlink from the local >> filesystem to a symlink on the gluster filesystem). I would not be >> surprised if the PHP version of symlink has behavior that is different than >> the symlink syscall. >> >> > So what is the failure (errno) when creating a symlink from local fs to > glusterfs? Can you get an strace of the script when the error happens? > > Avati > -- *Peter Drake *|* Cloud Software Engineer* | Acquia <http://acquia.com/> O: 781.238.4236 *E:* peter.drake at acquia.com | Skype: pdrakeweb W: http://www.acquia.com <http://www.acquia.com/> Address: 25 Corporate Drive 4th Floor, Burlington, MA 01803 Acquia ranked #1 Software Vendor on the 2012 Inc 500<http://www.acquia.com/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/inc-magazine-unveils-31st-annual-list-america-s-fastest-growing> Acquia named One of America?s Most Promising Companies by Forbes<http://www.acquia.com/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/acquia-named-forbes-100-list-america-s-most-promising-companies-nov> Drupal Sites: http://drupalshowcase.com Twitter http://www.twitter.com/Acquia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://supercolony.gluster.org/pipermail/gluster-users/attachments/20131120/09de62d9/attachment.html>